# Cold Mini

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-mini/26737>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [February 20, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-mini/26737 "2009-02-20T23:46:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![gsjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c5a1d2/32.png) [@gsjones](https://community.cartalk.com/u/gsjones)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2009, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-mini/26737/1 "2009-02-20T23:46:21Z")

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I have a 2005 Mini Cooper, manual, base model. I sometimes have heat and I sometime do not have heat. Sometime my temperature gage moves to hot and then it moves to normal. Sometimes when I turn off the engine the electric fan stays on for a period of time. I have plenty of coolant. What?s wrong?

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**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 12:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-mini/26737/2 "2009-02-21T00:27:24Z")

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If you were to bring this vehicle to me with these symtoms, the first thing I’d check for is a head gasket leak.

Tester

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**Author:** ![hellokit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6a8cbe/32.png) [@hellokit](https://community.cartalk.com/u/hellokit)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 12:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/cold-mini/26737/3 "2009-02-21T00:48:40Z")

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